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Mail dont want to send mail! Why does it suck so?
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Is reager.no your ISP at your house? It could be that your ISP does not allow smtp access from outside it's own network. I know that I cannot connect to my ISP's smtp server when I am not at home.
You said you had some windows machines that worked fine - do they work on the same wireless networks that the mac fails on?
Again, this really has nothing to do with my ISP. The Email reager.no is a part of a domain I own, and is not supplied by my ISP.
The SMPT server is on a completely different server, and I don't see why it can connect to it over my broadband cable at home, but not over wireless network anywhere else.
The windows machine I have is connected to my own adsl network via cable. My Mac uses whatever wireless network I can get. Often in school, where the reception is perfect. But I've also tried several other open wifi's, and I never seem to be able to use Mail over these.
Does it need to connect to other ports over wireless or what?
When you did your test earlier with the telnet commands - did you do this from your home, or from some wireless access point that was giving you problems?
Yes, you need to test telnet to your SMTP connection under the same conditions as when Mail doesn't work.
Is this summary correct?
Does Mail work from your Mac at home?
Does Windows work outside your home?
Have you tried another mail client like Thunderbird on your Mac?
I have the glimmering of a suspicion that your SMTP server only accepts connections from a single IP address.
Is this summary correct?
You can mail from a Windows machine via wired ethernet at home
You cannot connect from a wireless connection using your Mac outside your home
Does Mail work from your Mac at home?
Does Windows work outside your home?
Have you tried another mail client like Thunderbird on your Mac?
I have the glimmering of a suspicion that your SMTP server only accepts connections from a single IP address.
-Yes
-I dont have windows outside my home
-No
-Maybe
-It seems it my Macbook was able to connect to port 465:
dhcp-149-84:~ Marius$ telnet reager.no 465
Trying 88.151.56.242...
Connected to reager.no.
Escape character is '^]'.
It disconnected after idling a while, which I assume is normal.
None of the others worked.
The really puzzling thing is I can connect to port 25 from here in the US
telnet reager.no 25
Trying 88.151.56.242...
Connected to reager.no.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-s1.golarge.net ESMTP Exim 4.69 #1 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:19:18 +0100
220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
220 and/or bulk e-mail.
telnet reager.no 25
Trying 88.151.56.242...
Connected to reager.no.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-s1.golarge.net ESMTP Exim 4.69 #1 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:19:18 +0100
220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
220 and/or bulk e-mail.
Ramius,
The problem is most likely this:
Many large Internet Service Providers block port 25 traffic from their customers or people using their networks. What you need to do is setup your SMTP server to accept connections on port 587. I don't know of any that block that port number.
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The problem is most likely this:
Many large Internet Service Providers block port 25 traffic from their customers or people using their networks. What you need to do is setup your SMTP server to accept connections on port 587. I don't know of any that block that port number.
S-
agreed
i think i have to agree with ramius... i used entourage for years and it worked great... then i switched to mac mail (which i am still using now). I am thinking of switching back because it sometimes asks for my password randomly and also won't send mail sometimes, then if i stop the mail action and resend it it works fine.
It's just odd because i am an apple fan and i've been disappointed with mac mail.
i think i have to agree with ramius... i used entourage for years and it worked great... then i switched to mac mail (which i am still using now). I am thinking of switching back because it sometimes asks for my password randomly and also won't send mail sometimes, then if i stop the mail action and resend it it works fine.
It's just odd because i am an apple fan and i've been disappointed with mac mail.